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GA4GH - Checksum

The Checksum standard provides a simple schema for defining a checksum value together with a default type.

Schema (YAML version)
$schema: http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#
$id: https://schemablocks.org/schemas/sb-checksum/Checksum/v0.0.1
title: Checksum
description: Checksum
type: object
required:
  - checksum
  - type
properties:
  checksum:
    type: string
    description: >-
      The hexadecimal encoded ([Base16](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-8)) checksum for the data
    examples:
      - 77af4d6b9913e693e8d0b4b294fa62ade6054e6b2f1ffb617ac955dd63fb0182
  type:
    type: string
    description: >-
      The digest method used to create the checksum.
      The value (e.g. `sha-256`) SHOULD be listed as `Hash Name String` in the 
      [GA4GH Hash Algorithm Registry](https://github.com/ga4gh-discovery/ga4gh-checksum/blob/master/hash-alg.csv).
      Other values MAY be used, as long as implementors are aware of the issues
      discussed in [RFC6920](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6920#section-9.4).

      GA4GH may provide more explicit guidance for use of non-IANA-registered
      algorithms in the future.
    examples:
      - 'sha-256'

Specification - Table of Hash Algorithms

ID Hash Name String Value Length Reference Status
0 Reserved RFC6920
1 sha-256 256 bits RFC6920 current
2 sha-256-128 128 bits RFC6920 current
3 sha-256-120 120 bits RFC6920 current
4 sha-256-96 96 bits RFC6920 current
5 sha-256-64 64 bits RFC6920 current
6 sha-256-32 32 bits RFC6920 current
7 sha-384 384 bits FIPS 180-4 current
8 sha-512 512 bits FIPS 180-4 current
9 sha3-224 224 bits FIPS 202 current
10 sha3-256 256 bits FIPS 202 current
11 sha3-384 384 bits FIPS 202 current
12 sha3-512 512 bits FIPS 202 current
13 md5 128 bits RFC1321 current
14 etag 128 + variable bits RFC7232 current
15 crc32c 32 bits RFC4960 current
16 trunc512 192 bits GA4GH Refget current
17 sha1 160 bits FIPS 180-4 current
18 blake2b-512 512 bits RFC7693 current
19-31 Unassigned
32 Reserved RFC6920
33-63 Unassigned

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